In: Psychology
Why can race be considered a reality?
‘Race’ can be understood as a grouping of human population characterized by socially selected physical traits.“Race” is not a biological reality but a myth and social construct. It is a concept invented by humans, Race is a figment of the collective imagination race’ is a concept invented by humans. As there is currently one biological race in our species: Homo sapiens.
Modern scholars views racial categories as socially constructed, that is, race is not intrinsic to human beings but rather an identity created to establish meaning in a social context as a result they create a social reality through which social categorization is achieved. When we say it is a social construct it means it is created by the members of society and that creation of this new social construct becomes the part of society in which we live and finally achieves the shapes of reality
Concluding with these lines , That race is neither natural nor biological. Instead, the concept was artificially and arbitrarily created by human beings.